Hofstra University

HOFSTRA PR-107-D: Public Relations Campaigns, Sec. 21428
Thursdays, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Herbert School of Communications 300

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PR 107 Syllabus Spring 2015

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Class Schedule (effective 01/25/15)

1 01/29/15 Course introduction and overview.  Review of course objectives, policies, procedures, and assignments. Class will review the technique of creating a situation analysis.  Class will meet with clients and prepare draft situation analysis for discussion 02/05/15.
2 02/05/15 Students will discuss clients and refine and analyze their situation analysis.  Teams will form.  Proposals will be drafted.
3 02/12/15 Students will review and refine proposals.  Present mock presentations in preparation for 02/19/15.
4 02/19/15 Proposals: Teams will present their proposals to their respective clients.
5 02/26/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.
6 03/05/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.
7 03/12/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.
8 03/19/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.
9 03/26/15 Guest speaker: A PR professional will visit the class to discuss current and future prospects for employment in the PR industry.
10 04/02/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will continue work on client campaigns and will prepare for continued collaboration during the spring recess.
04/09/15 No Class: Spring Break
11 04/16/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.
12 04/23/15 Campaign implementation: Teams will use class time to work on their respective client campaigns.  Assignment: Prepare individual portfolios.
13 04/30/15 Client event (LI STEM Hub) scheduled during the day.  Other students meet in evening.
05/07/15 No Class: Snow/Study/Reading day
14 05/14/15 Group presentations: Peer evaluations, and team and individual portfolios are due during this final class meeting.

Grading Rubric

Attendance and participation This includes blog comments.

15%

Situation Analysis Students will write a situation analysis for each of the adopted clients.

10%

Team Evaluation Because students will work within teams, team members will be asked to evaluate their own performance as well as the performance of other team members.

20%

Campaign Presentation Each team will make a classroom presentation on their campaign.

20%

Portfolio Students will submit a personal portfolio of all work completed during the semester.

20%

Individual Presentation Students will identify, discuss and analyze a current issue, event, situation or crisis with significant public relations implications and present to the class. The presentation must be exclusively from a public relations point of view.

15%

100%

Scale

100-94 A Exceeds all expectations
93-90 A- Meets all expectation and exceeds some expectations.
89-86 B+
85-82 B Good work that meets basic competencies.
81-79 B-
78-75 C+ Work that is either below expectations or misses some of the requirements.
74-72 C
71-69 C-
68-65 D Missing work or poorly executed projects.
0-64 F